Data for 2005

General Government Consumption, 2005

Name: General Government Consumption, 2005
Creator: World Bank Group
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2005, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 2005 covers 167 countries. Marshall Islands is highest, at 61.533; Venezuela is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 15.754. Against 2004, 162 values changed (65 up, 97 down), 4 countries joined, 1 left.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 2005

HighestMarshall Islands

61.533

LowestVenezuela

0.000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

167countries
1measure
2005the year it describes
167distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of General Government Consumption, 2005, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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General Government Consumption, 2005: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	61.533
2	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	52.640
3	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	45.850
4	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	35.234
5	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	35.116
6	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	34.010
7	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	33.648
8	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	31.773
9	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	31.111
10	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	30.273
11	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	29.941
12	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	27.025
13	Guyana`GUY`South America	26.914
14	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	25.559
15	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	24.994
16	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	24.883
17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	24.475
18	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.862
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	23.268
20	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	23.016
21	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	22.836
22	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	22.310
23	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	22.145
24	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.094
25	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	21.656
26	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	21.407
27	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	21.340
28	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	21.194
29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	20.921
30	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	20.785
31	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	20.523
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	20.480
33	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	19.968
34	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	19.914
35	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	19.700
36	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	19.579
37	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	19.530
38	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	19.494
39	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	19.481
40	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	19.401
41	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	19.266
42	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.076
43	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	19.042
44	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	18.933
45	Brazil`BRA`South America	18.890
46	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	18.886
47	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	18.519
48	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18.352
49	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	18.284
50	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	18.218
51	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	18.199
52	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	18.171
53	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	18.154
54	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	17.947
55	Niger`NER`Western Africa	17.780
56	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	17.547
57	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	17.527
58	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	17.516
59	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	17.510
60	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	17.437
61	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	17.380
62	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	17.290
63	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	17.244
64	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	17.120
65	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	16.919
66	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	16.872
67	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	16.871
68	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	16.793
69	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	16.752
70	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	16.665
71	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	16.582
72	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	16.458
73	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	16.438
74	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	16.240
75	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	16.185
76	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	16.149
77	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	16.121
78	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	16.074
79	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	16.057
80	Bolivia`BOL`South America	15.975
81	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	15.938
82	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	15.932
83	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	15.900
84	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	15.754
85	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	15.710
86	Honduras`HND`Central America	15.523
87	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	15.308
88	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	15.213
89	United States`USA`Northern America	15.047
90	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	14.980
91	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	14.646
92	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	14.601
93	Belize`BLZ`Central America	14.552
94	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	14.541
95	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	14.493
96	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	14.384
97	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	14.330
98	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	14.296
99	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	14.100
100	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	14.057
101	Panama`PAN`Central America	14.007
102	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	13.995
103	Colombia`COL`South America	13.956
104	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13.793
105	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	13.717
106	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	13.654
107	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	13.513
108	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	13.245
109	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	13.089
110	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	12.739
111	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	12.535
112	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	12.506
113	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	12.484
114	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12.449
115	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	12.435
116	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	12.425
117	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	12.334
118	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	12.247
119	Argentina`ARG`South America	12.142
120	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	12.139
121	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	12.076
122	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	11.995
123	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	11.918
124	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	11.697
125	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	11.474
126	Peru`PER`South America	11.445
127	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	11.306
128	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	11.249
129	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	11.083
130	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	11.045
131	Ecuador`ECU`South America	11.037
132	Chile`CHL`South America	10.954
133	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.935
134	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	10.690
135	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	10.652
136	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10.422
137	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.408
138	India`IND`Southern Asia	10.366
139	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10.076
140	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	10.029
141	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.897
142	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	9.780
143	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	9.752
144	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	9.710
145	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	9.428
146	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9.246
147	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	9.161
148	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	8.991
149	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.899
150	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8.865
151	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	8.708
152	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	8.614
153	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	8.247
154	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	8.165
155	Paraguay`PRY`South America	8.119
156	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	8.110
157	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	8.089
158	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	7.969
159	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	7.873
160	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	7.828
161	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	6.598
162	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5.465
163	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5.352
164	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.180
165	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.792
166	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	2.736
167	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.000

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Marshall Islands61.533
2Timor-Leste52.640
3Greenland45.850
4Eritrea35.234
5Solomon Islands35.116

Lowest

167Venezuela0.000
166Equatorial Guinea2.736
165Guinea4.792
164Bangladesh5.180
163Cambodia5.352

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 15.754. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −1countries joined / left
162values changed, of 163 in both
65 · 97rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Solomon Islands20.812 → 35.116+14.304
Montenegro26.305 → 29.941+3.636
Ghana12.173 → 15.308+3.135
Georgia11.435 → 14.384+2.949
Chad4.909 → 7.828+2.919

Fell most

Timor-Leste77.863 → 52.640−25.223
Zimbabwe20.999 → 15.213−5.786
Iraq25.564 → 19.968−5.595
Burundi19.227 → 14.100−5.127
Seychelles38.306 → 34.010−4.297

+ Curaçao

+ Equatorial Guinea

+ Palau

+ French Polynesia

− Papua New Guinea

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2005.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 167 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2005). General Government Consumption, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/2005

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